As a festival, we want to create spaces where everyone can feel comfortable and safe – regardless of physical abilities, origin, identity or background. We don't see awareness as something that just one team is responsible for, but as a shared attitude that we strive for throughout the entire festival.
accessibility & inclusion: we learn and change
In preparation for Detect 2025, we held a workshop on the topic of ‘barrier-free parties’ (run by WKU – barrierefreier Veranstaltungsservice UG) and reflected on the following:
True inclusion takes time, honest self-examination and the courage to break down barriers, even with limited resources.
We want to use more conscious language, make information clearer and specifically address issues such as quiet spaces, low-stimulus environments and usability.
We aim to publish our awareness concept, notices at the festival and parts of the website in simple language.
In diesem Jahr haben wir ein niederschwelliges, telefonisches Kontaktangebot vor und während dem Festival eingerichtet, das Sicherheit für Menschen mit Behinderung schaffen kann: +49 151 73069110
Feedback from people with disabilities will have a permanent place in the 2025 festival evaluation.
Goal: Initiate further concrete changes by 2026.
new to the team: discrimination-sensitive security
This year, we are working with a security crew that is not only professional but also discrimination-sensitive. This means clear communication, respectful treatment and a prioritised perspective of those affected.
The collaboration with Awareness is closely coordinated – in cases of ejections or conflicts as well as in feedback and learning processes. The security staff regularly participate in further training on awareness, anti-discrimination, de-escalation and emergency management. This form of collaboration strengthens the goal of considering and implementing awareness at all levels of the event.
workshops & self-reflection: our attitude remains in motion
In addition to the accessibility workshop, our team also took part in two further workshops in July this year on PsyCare (Eve & Rave, Münster) and on the Palestine-Israel issue (Jamila Al-Yousef).
Click here for our current awareness concept:
contact
If you have any suggestions, questions or criticism before, during or after the festival, please feel free to write to us at awareness@detectclassicfestival.de